Wednesday, 14 March 2018

Man jailed for assaulting ex-partner after breaking into her home

Man jailed for assaulting ex-partner after breaking into her home

A MAN who broke into his former partner’s home and left her needing hospital treatment after punching her in the eye has been jailed.

Bradford Crown Court heard that Joseph Varey, 29, had been made subject to a restraining order in June last year after assaulting the woman and threatening to throw acid in her face.

Despite the order preventing any contact between the pair, prosecutor Laura McBride said Varey went to his ex’s home on Oakleigh Avenue, Clayton, Bradford, at around 12pm on September 13 last year while the mother-of-three was home alone.

She heard a noise upstairs and when she went to investigate, she saw Varey trying to break in through a bedroom window.

She tried to push him out, but he slapped her to the floor and managed to get inside the room.

Miss McBride said that Varey became “enraged” when the woman went to a different bedroom and rang 999, tipping over a bed before heading downstairs to rifle through cupboards.

He found a tin containing £20 and some scratchcards, also stealing £130 of the woman’s rent money.